Changing the GUI Display

By default the McIDAS-X GUI uses the default attributes listed in the table below. You can change the default arguments and other Tcl/Tk settings by creating a file with any text editor called .mcguirc file. You must name the file .mcguirc or the McIDAS-X GUI will not display your changes. After you create the file, store the file in a directory that is named in the MCPATH environment variable. See Appendix G, MCPATH for more information. The Tcl/Tk User's Guide provides more information about the attributes you can change.

Attribute

Default Argument

window background color

*background gray 90

window foreground color

*foreground navy

active window background color

*activeBackground navy

active window foreground color

*activeForeground yellow

GUI font

*font "-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal–*-120*"

error message font

*Messagefont "-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal–*-140*"

The example below shows a .mcguirc file for the default attributes listed above.